Hunchly is an online evidence collection, preservation, and organization tool for investigative professionals. Its official website describes itself as "tools for investigative professionals to securely collect, preserve, and organize online evidence," emphasizing the capture of every web page, social media post, and source in a transparent, legally defensible manner.
In terms of main capabilities, Hunchly automatically collects the URL, timestamp, and hash value of every page the user visits, and performs full-page captures of websites, search results, and social media, avoiding reliance on scattered screenshots or searching through a large number of open tabs. Users can classify, tag, and search captured content for rapid analysis, citation, and report generation. In addition, users can organize findings and evidence into client-facing and court-facing packaged materials within minutes, and the automatically generated transparent audit trail can show every step taken.
In terms of usage, Hunchly supports two storage modes: local storage, meaning conducting research on one's own computer and securely saving data, with the ability to review research results offline at any time; and cloud storage, meaning logging in to Hunchly to work on any computer, with secure, isolated cloud storage provided by Kasm Workspaces. The official website also offers a 30-day free trial with no credit card required.
Applicable scenarios and target users include: law enforcement, cybersecurity analysts, private investigators, due diligence and financial researchers, insurance investigators, human rights advocates, professors and students, and anyone who needs to conduct unbiased fact-finding where mistakes are not acceptable. The official website states that since 2016, its mission has been to help those pursuing the truth obtain and preserve information, and that investigators and researchers from 84 countries currently use Hunchly in their work every day.
In terms of limitations, the official website materials do not provide specific pricing, feature differences among versions, platform compatibility, data encryption details, compliance certifications, or original user reviews; this information is not currently provided.
